Horst Sindermann

Horst Sindermann
Horst Sindermann
	Sindermann in 1976
President of the Volkskammer
	In office; 29 October 1976 – 13 November 1989
Deputy	Friedrich Ebert Jr.; Gerald Götting;
Preceded by	Gerald Götting
Succeeded by	Günther Maleuda
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers
	In office; 3 October 1973 – 29 October 1976
First Deputy	Günter Mittag; Alfred Neumann;
Preceded by	Willi Stoph
Succeeded by	Willi Stoph
First Deputy Chairman of the; Council of Ministers
	In office; 14 May 1971 – 3 October 1973 Serving with Alfred Neumann
Chairman	Willi Stoph;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Günter Mittag
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party; in Bezirk Halle
	In office; 21 January 1963 – 19 June 1971
Second Secretary	Gerhard Frost; Werner Felfe;
Preceded by	Bernard Koenen
Succeeded by	Werner Felfe
Head of the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee
	In office; 7 April 1954 – 21 January 1963
Secretary	Fred Oelßner; Albert Norden;
Deputy	Werner Felfe;
Preceded by	Peter Pries
Succeeded by	Rudolf Singer (Agitation); Kurt Tiedke (Propaganda)
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Halle/Saale, Halle-Neustadt
	In office; 20 October 1963 – 16 November 1989
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Joachim Pfeiffer
Personal details
Born	5 September 1915; Dresden, Free State of Saxony, German Empire (now Germany)
Died	20 April 1990 (aged 74); East Berlin, East Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1990)
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of Germany (1945–1946)
Relatives	Kurt Sindermann (brother)
Occupation	Politician; Civil Servant;
	Central institution membership 1967–1989: Full member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1963–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; 1958–1963: Candidate member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1976–1989: Deputy Chairman,; State Council ; 1976–1989: Member, State Council ; 1972–1989: Member,; National Defence Council ;

Horst Sindermann (German pronunciation: [ˈhɔʁst ˈzɪndɐman]; 5 September 1915 – 20 April 1990) was an East German politician. He became Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1973, but in 1976 he became President of the Volkskammer, the only member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany to hold the post.